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What's Baking on Titan?Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2012 Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal some new curiosities on the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, including a nearly circular feature that resembles a giant hot cross bun and shorelines of ancient seas. The results were presented at the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences conference in Reno, Nev. Steam from baking often causes the top of bread to lift and crack. Scientists think some similar process involving heat may be at play on Titan. The imag ... read more |
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  University of Tennessee study confirms solar wind as source for moon water Three years ago University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers helped to discover water on the surface of the moon. Now, they are piecing together the origin of that water: solar wind. A new study ... more | .. |
  UNH scientists provide window on space radiation hazards Astrophysicists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC) have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, ... more | .. |
 Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, a University of Michigan researcher an ... more | .. |
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 Moon water could have solar source: study Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun as the indirect source. ... more | .. |
 Russia to launch lunar mission in 2015 Russia would launch a lunar mission in 2015, a space research association head said Friday. The goal of the unmanned moon landing mission was to prove that the country is able to land on other ... more | .. |
 Rover designed to drill for moon ice U.S. scientists say they've built a full-size prototype of a solar-powered robot designed to search for potentially rich deposits of water ice on the moon. ... more | .. |
 Russian moon mission said funded, ready Russia's proposed moon missions have been fully funded and the first is planned for 2015, a space industry official says. ... more |
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  ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 Point Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange poi ... more | .. |
 Navigating the Seas of Titan Humanity has landed a rover on Mars. Now, say scientists, it's time to land a boat on Titan. This outlandish scenario could become reality, according to engineers presenting their proposals at the E ... more | .. |
  Amateur Astronomer Maps the Surface of Ganymede Technology has radically changed the contributions that amateurs can make to the field of astronomy. Using a readily-available 'hobby' telescope, off-the-shelf camera and computer equipment, plus ex ... more | .. |
 Titan Shows Surprising Seasonal Changes Detailed observations of Saturn's moon Titan have now spanned 30 years, covering an entire solar orbit for this distant world. Dr. Athena Coustenis from the Paris-Meudon Observatory in France has an ... more |
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 Liquid Water Near Europa's Surface a Rarity Europa, the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, is believed to be home to a subsurface ocean of liquid water. However, future missions to explore Europa's ocean may need to dig deep. Research suggests that w ... more | .. |
  Where is Deimos? Despite more than a century of observations, the orbit of the Martian moon Deimos is still not known to a high degree of accuracy, but a new study using images taken by ESA's Mars Express orbiter ha ... more | .. |
  Dawn: Vesta Got Special Delivery of Hydrated Minerals The mechanism that incorporates water into the terrestrial planets is a matter of extensive debate for planetary scientists. Now, observations of the giant asteroid Vesta by NASA's Dawn mission sugg ... more | .. |
NASA sees 'gateway' for space missions NASA has proposed a candidate for its next major mission, a "gateway" spacecraft on the far side of the moon as a staging base for moon and Mars missions. ... more |
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Sentinel 1 maps reveal flexible crust beneath Tibetan Plateau
Stable water tables help wetlands curb methane emissions
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 Senior scientist discusses China's lunar orbiter challenges Landing and enduring extreme temperatures will be the two biggest challenges facing Chang'e-3, China's third lunar probe, the chief scientist of China's lunar orbiter project told academics on Wedne ... more | .. |
 China has no timetable for manned moon landing A senior scientist working on China's lunar orbiter project said Wednesday that China has not yet created a timetable for its manned moon landing program. "Putting a man on the moon involves a ... more | .. |
Protection for Moon, Mars astronauts eyed Rocks on the Moon or Mars could be used to build shelters to possibly protect astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation, European researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Russia to start research base on the Moon According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russian cosmonauts have gained great experience working in orbit and have conducted a large number of scientific experiments at the ISS. All ... more |
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Remains of astronaut legend Neil Armstrong buried at sea The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 Memorial service honors 'man on the moon' Armstrong Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and well-wishers paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial ceremony Thursday in the US capital. ... more | .. |
 Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of "PSLV-C21", the 100th ... more | .. |
First man on moon to be buried at sea: Armstrong family The first man on the moon will be buried at sea, a spokesman for Neil Armstrong's family said Thursday. ... more |
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Equities and precious metals rebound after Asia-wide rout
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Russian deputy PM proposes Moon station A top Russian official on Tuesday proposed setting up a space station on the Moon to revive Moscow's struggling space programme, a day after the prime minister ripped into its failures. ... more | .. |
 India: From Ferrying Rockets on Cycles to Eyeing Mars From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop's house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala, converting a toilet into a satellite data ... more | .. |
 Does Triton Have a Subsurface Ocean? Triton was discovered in 1846 by the British astronomer William Lassell, but much about Neptune's largest moon still remains a mystery. A Voyager 2 flyby in 1989 offered a quick peak at the satellit ... more | .. |
 NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Begin Extended Mission Science NASA's twin, lunar-orbiting Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft began data collection for the start of the mission's extended operations. At 9:28 a.m. PDT (12:28 p.m. EDT) ye ... more |
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Flags at half mast across US for Armstrong funeral Flags flew at half staff across the United States on Friday as family, friends and fellow astronauts gathered in Ohio to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. ... more | .. |
 Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater. Scientists using the Mini-RF radar on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have estimat ... more | .. |
 New research eclipses existing theories on moon formation The Moon is believed to have formed from a collision, 4.5 billion years ago, between Earth and an impactor the size of Mars, known as "Theia." Over the past decades scientists have simulated this pr ... more | .. |
A "Blue Moon" Heralds the Harvest Heralding the change in season, a full Moon will rise in the eastern twilight sky on August 31st for the second time this month (the first time came on August 1st). Many people use the expression "o ... more |
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